Change Auditor for
Active Directory Queries
Determining what applications and users
are accessing Microsoft Active Directory
® ®
(AD) is nearly impossible using native
tools, fraught with risk and can cripple
Active Directory environments to a halt if
not monitored correctly. Administrators
run the risk of missing poorly written or
sluggish queries that affect performance,
and not knowing what applications are
hard coded and dependent on AD can
disrupt migrations and consolidations.
Because of this inability to monitor and
assess queries, organizations find it
difficult to optimize the service they
provide to their users, plan for migrations
or perform a directory consolidation. To
achieve and maintain stability of AD as
well as compliance with regulations and
policy, an organization must be able to
identify and measure the performance of
Active Directory queries.
With Change Auditor, you’ll see the results of all Active Directory queries in real time
and gain instant insight to queries that do not conform to internal security policies.
Change Auditor for Active Directory
Queries tracks, analyzes and reports
on all Active Directory queries in real
time, translating them into simple
terms and eliminating the time and
complexity required for auditing. You
can immediately detect queries and their
results in one quick glance, determining
whether you need to investigate further.
Best of all, Change Auditor for Active
Directory Queries gives you complete
visibility into all queries over the course
of time with forensics on who, what,
when, where and workstation, including
any related queries. And with real-
time alerts sent to any device, you can
immediately address problems and avoid
system downtime.
BENEFITS:
• Saves time spent obtaining details
for every Active Directory query
• Strengthens internal controls by
identifying insecure or unsigned
queries against Active Directory
that do not conform to internal
security policies
• Improves availability by identifying
users and applications performing
queries that can affect domain
controller performance
• Assists in the discovery process
for migrations by determining what
machines need connectivity
• Reduces security risks with
real-time alerts to any device for
immediate response
• Eliminates unknown security and
performance concerns, ensuring
continuous access to queries and
related events, such as queries
coming from specific applications
or users
• Streamlines internal policies and
compliance regulations, including
SOX, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FISMA, SAS
70 and more
• Turns information into intelligent,
in-depth forensics for auditors
and management
AUDIT ALL CRITICAL AD QUERIES
Change Auditor provides extensive,
customizable auditing and reporting for
all queries against Active Directory. In
addition, each event will show the scope
of the query, the filter used, the attributes
and the number of results returned. You’ll
also be able to identify queries against
Active Directory that don’t conform to
internal security policies as well as poorly
written queries that degrade Active
Directory performance.
TRACK QUERY ACTIVITY
Change Auditor for Active Directory
Queries locates all queries and then
filters searches by type, location, user
and more. You can easily show which
users and applications are performing
queries that affect AD performance, and
learn what machines need connectivity
during and after migrations.
With 24x7 real-time alerts, in-depth
analysis and reporting capabilities, you
will always know what’s going on in
your environment.
TURN IRRELEVANT DATA INTO
MEANINGFUL INFORMATION FOR
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Change Auditor for Active Directory
Queries tracks queries to your Active
Directory environment, and then
Eliminate repetitive queries that slow performance with the ability to group, sort and
filter results by origin and number of occurrences.
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translates raw data into meaningful
intelligent data to keep your
infrastructure efficient and provide
detailed analysis. And without the need
for native audit logs, you’ll see faster
results and savings of storage resources.
GET X-RAY VISION OF YOUR ACTIVE
DIRECTORY ENVIRONMENT
You’ll have a detailed view of what’s
going on behind the scenes in your
environment. Change Auditor for Active
Directory Queries is ideal for those
preparing for a migration, to help prepare
for disaster recovery contingency plans
or gathering insight into Active Directory.
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